VA HB 936

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Parking violations; enforcement by certain counties, parking ordinances or regulations, sunset.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Enforcement of parking violations; certain counties; pilot program. Allows counties operating under the county manager plan of government to use authorized equipment, defined in the bill, to enforce such county's parking ordinances and regulations and to issue a parking ticket for a violation of such a parking ordinance or regulation by mail. The bill provides that a certificate, or a facsimile thereof, sworn to or affirmed by an employee of the authorized county, based upon inspection of information collected by authorized equipment, is prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and that such prima facie evidence of a violation of a parking ordinance or regulation, together with proof that the defendant was at the time of such violation the owner, lessee, or renter of the vehicle, constitutes a rebuttable presumption in the prosecution of such violation. The bill provides procedures for the use of authorized equipment, including requirements for data retention and the use of collected information. The bill requires any county using authorized equipment to conduct a public awareness campaign prior to or upon implementation of such use. The bill also authorizes such counties to contract with private vendors for the operation of authorized equipment. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2029.

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-02-27 — Senate committee offered
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-01-13
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105205D
filing,introduction
2026-01-13
Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee
2026-01-22
Assigned HTRAN sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
referral-committee
2026-02-05
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-05
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N 1-A)
substitution
2026-02-10
Reported from Transportation with substitute (14-Y 6-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-10
Committee substitute printed 26107165D-H1
substitution
2026-02-12
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-13
Passed by for the day
2026-02-16
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-16
committee substitute agreed to
substitution
2026-02-16
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution
2026-02-17
Read third time and passed House (48-Y 37-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-18
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-18
Referred to Committee on Transportation
referral-committee
2026-02-26
Failed to report from Transportation with substitute (6-Y 7-N)
committee-failure
2026-02-27
Senate committee offered

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Votes

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute
2026-02-05 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (10)
- Jackie H. Glass: abstain
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: no
- Adele Y. McClure: not voting
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: not voting
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: no
Reported from Transportation with substitute
2026-02-10 · pass · 14-6
Member-level votes (22)
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: no
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: not voting
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Terry L. Austin: no
- Scott A. Wyatt: no
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: no
- Jason S. Ballard: no
- Eric Phillips: no
H VOTE:
2026-02-17 · pass · 47-37
Member-level votes (99)
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Terry L. Austin: no
- Jason S. Ballard: no
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: no
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: no
- Nadarius E. Clark: not voting
- Laura Jane Cohen: not voting
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: no
- Mitchell Cornett: no
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Will Davis: no
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: no
- Lily V. Franklin: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: no
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: no
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: not voting
- Karen Hamilton: no
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Dan I. Helmer: not voting
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: not voting
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: no
- Patrick A. Hope: not voting
- Hillary Pugh Kent: no
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Terry G. Kilgore: no
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: no
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: not voting
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: not voting
- Adele Y. McClure: not voting
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: no
- Joseph P. McNamara: no
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- James W. Morefield: no
- May Nivar: yes
- Delores Oates: no
- Israel D. O'Quinn: no
- Justin Pence: no
- Eric Phillips: no
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: no
- Sam Rasoul: no
- Atoosa R. Reaser: not voting
- David A. Reid: yes
- Chris S. Runion: no
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Don Scott: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: no
- Holly M. Seibold: not voting
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Irene Shin: not voting
- Marcus B. Simon: no
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: no
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Luke E. Torian: not voting
- Kathy K.L. Tran: not voting
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: no
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- R. Lee Ware: no
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Michael J. Webert: no
- Madison Whittle: no
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Wren M. Williams: no
- Tony O. Wilt: no
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: no
- Scott A. Wyatt: no
- Eric R. Zehr: no
Reported from Transportation with substitute
2026-02-26 · fail · 6-7
Member-level votes (15)
- Lamont Bagby: yes
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Bill DeSteph: not voting
- David R. Suetterlein: no
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- T. Travis Hackworth: not voting
- Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: no
- Lashrecse D. Aird: no
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- J.D. "Danny" Diggs: no
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- Luther Cifers, III: no
- Michael J. Jones: no
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes

Related bills

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Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB936

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